President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has reappointed Brigadier-General Mohammed Buba Marwa (rtd) as Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for a second five-year term, the Presidency announced on Friday.
In a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, President Tinubu commended Marwa’s leadership and accomplishments at the agency.
“Your reappointment is a vote of confidence in your tireless efforts to rid our nation of the scourge of drug trafficking and abuse,” the President said. “I urge you to continue tracking the merchants of hard drugs who seek to destroy our people, particularly the youth.”
Marwa, who was first appointed NDLEA Chairman by former President Muhammadu Buhari in January 2021, previously served as Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee for the Elimination of Drug Abuse from 2018 to 2020. The reappointment will see him lead the agency until 2031.
A native of Adamawa State, Marwa is a former military governor of Lagos and Borno States and a graduate of the Nigerian Military School and the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA).
Commissioned as a second lieutenant in 1973, he held key military positions, including Brigade Major of the 23 Armoured Brigade, Aide-de-Camp to the Chief of Army Staff, and Academic Registrar of the NDA.
He also represented Nigeria internationally, serving as Deputy Defence Adviser at the Nigerian Embassy in Washington, DC, and later as Defence Adviser to the Nigerian Permanent Mission to the United Nations.
Marwa holds two postgraduate degrees: a Master of Public and International Affairs from the University of Pittsburgh (1983–1985) and a Master of Public Administration from Harvard University (1985–1986).
During his tenure at the NDLEA, Marwa has overseen major operations, including the arrest of over 73,000 drug mules and barons and the seizure of more than 15 million kilogrammes of hard drugs.
He has also spearheaded nationwide campaigns to combat drug abuse and raise public awareness about its dangers.
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